Fritz Lang on Blu-ray

[MifuneFan]

I just finished watching the first part of Fritz Lang's Die Nibelungen last night, and I was just blown away. The film is an amazing achievement, considering when it was made . The same can of course be said about Metropolis, one of the most influential films of our time. Lang had such an impressive, and varied body of work, spanning from fantasy, to Sci-Fi, to Film noir, and wartime thrillers. I believe this work should be seen by all, so I figured we should have a centralized thread to discuss his work available on Blu-ray, and for newcomers to learn more about his films.


Fritz Lang on Blu-ray A-Z

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956)
Big Heat, The (1953)
Destiny (1920)
Doctor Mabuse: The Gambler (1922)
Clash By Night (1952)
Cloak and Dagger (1946)
Four Around the Woman (1921)
Fury (1936)
Hangmen Also Die (1943)
Harakiri (1919)
House by the River (1950)
Human Desire (1954)
Indian Tomb, The (1959)
M (1931)
Man Hunt (1941)
Metropolis (1927)
Ministry of Fear (1944)
Moonfleet (1955)
Nibelungen, Die (1923-1924)
Plague of Florence, The (1919)
Rancho Notorious (1952)
Return of Frank James, The (1940)
Scarlet Street (1945)
Secret Beyond the Door (1947)
Spiders, The (1919)
Spione (aka Spies) (1928)
Testament of Doctor Mabuse, The (1933)
Thousand Eyes of Doctor Mabuse, The (1960) ()
Tiger of Eschnapur, The (1959)
Western Union (1941)
Frau im Mond (aka Woman in the Moon) (1929)
Wandering Shadow (1920)
While the City Sleeps (1956)
Woman in the Window (1944)
You And Me (1938)
You Only Live Once (1937)

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Fritz Lang on Blu-ray
(in Chronological order)


US Releases



UK Releases




Select International Releases

[Pecker]

I would love Blu-ray Disc releases of Fury (1936) and Beyond a Reasonable Doubt.

Steve W

[James Luckard]

Originally Posted by Pecker

I would love Blu-ray Disc releases of Fury (1936) and Beyond a Reasonable Doubt.

Steve W

It's always fun to see old wishlists like this 2014 post and know they eventually happened.

I just watched Fury, stunning film!

[UNCMT9]

Sadly, I've only seen Ministry of Fear and M, both of which were outstanding. I'll have to check out more of his titles.

[silverlakephil]

So far, I've liked everything I own that Fritz Lang directed, M, Dr.Mabuse: The Gambler, Metropolis, The Testament of Dr.Mabuse, & The Big Heat. I hope to get Frau Im Mond, Spione, Die Nibelungen, Scarlet Street,Man Hunt, & Secret Beyond The Door. He is one of the greatest Directors.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by silverlakephil

So far, I've liked everything I own that Fritz Lang directed, M, Dr.Mabuse: The Gambler, Metropolis, The Testament of Dr.Mabuse, & The Big Heat. I hope to get Frau Im Mond, Spione, Die Nibelungen, Scarlet Street,Man Hunt, & Secret Beyond The Door. He is one of the greatest Directors.

Spione, I forgot about that one. I don't think anyone added it to the DB yet

[The Great Owl]

Great thread!

I own all of the Region A playable Fritz Lang Blu-rays except for Die Nibelungen. I need to scratch that itch and pull the trigger on Die Nibelungen soon, because everything else that I own from the director is marvelous.

My collection includes the above-listed Spanish disc of You Only Live Once, and I will verify that it is a good-looking disc that is English friendly both in terms of audio and subtitles.

The Big Heat and Man Hunt are two of my favorite Twilight Time titles.

[Scottie]

Great thread idea, Mifune.

I have seen a handful of his films, both available and not available on Blu-ray, and nothing comes close to Metropolis for me. It's one of the greatest films to ever be made about humanity.

[Gerby]

I didn't realise Western Union was available on Blu Ray! I love his westerns so i may have to get this...also hope one day Rancho Notorious makes its way on to Blu Ray too.

[sheri1983]

I saw only M and The big heat i love them, hopefully will see Man hunt and Metropolis
I also just finished Contempt and saw him as an Actor!

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by sheri1983

I also just finished Contempt and saw him as an Actor!

I definitely need to check that one out

[Leterface]

Thanks MifuneFan for this thread and for the head up on few of his films I didn't know was on BD. Many Lang films are my favourites.

Also I recommend the Italian You Only Live Once, does anybody know of the differences between the Italian and the Spanish BDs?

[Blu Titan]

Great thread Mifunefan *btw better avatar ...def need to add more Fritz Lang to my Blu-ray library.

[The Great Owl]

I just ordered Die Nibelungen at long last.

Fritz Lang is one of my favorite directors of all time, but I had put off ordering Die Nibelungen because the idea of watching a five-hour silent movie has seemed mildly daunting. I have a feeling that I'll get a kick out of it, though.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

I just ordered Die Nibelungen at long last.

Fritz Lang is one of my favorite directors of all time, but I had put off ordering Die Nibelungen because the idea of watching a five-hour silent movie has seemed mildly daunting. I have a feeling that I'll get a kick out of it, though.

Yeah, I've had my BD for a few years, but the runtime always made me put off watching it. But a few months ago I said enough is enough, and I watched it over the course of 2 or 3 days. It was a great experience, and I'm sure you'll love it. It's technically 2 films, and the tone is quite different in them, so it wouldn't hurt to split them up if you had to.

[Mansinthe]

did split them up over 2 days as well. great movies ! and i promise you will forget that they are silent movies as well :!

i would rather revisit this movie over and over instead of lord of the rings

[Rich Pure Doom]

The second half of Die Nibelungen bored me to tears. Siegfried however (the first half) was amazing and engaging.

[MifuneFan]

Good news for Region A folks, Kino has confirmed that they are releasing Women in the Moon, Spies, and Dr. Mabuse the Gambler next year. They're also making a Fritz Lang boxset which will presumably have some/all of these in them! I'm so glad these are finally coming out stateside

I made a thread about it here: https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=264483

[Arkadin]

It just makes me really angry that Eureka is unwilling to upgrade The Indian Epic to bd when they've already released it on sd as part of the MoC series years ago. It has obviously already been released in Germany, but with no English subs that release is pretty useless to me.
really wish more people would ask Eureka to upgrade this title to bd.

[Rich65]

Glad to hear more Fritz Lang titles are on the way, I have M, Ministry of Fear and Metropolis. Looking forward to these.